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I make things up for a living – in Ugg boots. It sounds perfect, doesn’t it? Living the writer’s dream – to be your own boss, float from book tour to launch party with the flexibility to schedule work around family commitments… And that’s where things come unstuck: the ‘work-around’ and ‘family’ bit. Like the time I did a live radio interview while holding a cold-pack to my three-year-old’s blood nose as his siblings spear-tackled on the couch. (It provided laughs, at least). In a conventional workplace, it’s rare…